https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/issue/feed Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture 2022-05-16T16:36:15-04:00 Emi Finkelstein and Katie Loney contemporaneity@mail.pitt.edu Open Journal Systems <p dir="ltr"><em>Contemporaneity</em> is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly and artistic explorations of the diverse ways in which the complexities of being in time are expressed. <span style="color: black;">It is based</span> in the department of the History of Art &amp; Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh, and emerges from its innovative <a href="http://constellations.pitt.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">constellations program</a>. We publish question-driven research that resonates across disciplines, interrogating diverse visual material from across time using multiple methods. Our editorial board seeks to:</p> <ul> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Adhere to high publishing standards that preserve the integrity of scholarship</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Bring junior and senior scholars and editors together through a constructive, double-blind peer-review process</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Generate content of lasting intellectual interest to emerging and tenured scholars</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Provide a forum for junior and senior scholars to develop under-researched topics and experimental methodological approaches</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Make scholarly writing free and accessible online</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Lead critical discussions around current publications and developments in curatorial and artistic practice in flexible formats.</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Link art historical practice to a global discussion of visual cultures across disciplinary and methodological boundaries.</p> </li> <li class="show" dir="ltr">Encourage non-traditional formats</li> </ul> https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/321 The Stones of Ivittuut 2022-05-16T16:36:13-04:00 Alex J. Taylor kll78@pitt.edu <p>Essay</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Alex J. Taylor https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/314 “India in America” 2022-05-16T16:36:15-04:00 Nina Blomfield kll78@pitt.edu Katie Loney kll78@pitt.edu <p>A curatorial conversation between Nina Blomfield and Katie Loney on the work and practice of Lockwood de Forest and The Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company. This conversation is based on a public conversation held on October 3, 2019 at the University of Pittsburgh.</p> 2021-02-20T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Katie Loney, Nina Blomfield https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/315 Mobility & Exchange 2022-05-16T16:36:15-04:00 Emi Finkelstein kll78@pitt.edu Katie Loney kll78@pitt.edu <p>Editors' Letter</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Katie L Loney, Emi Finkelstein https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/326 The Metabolic Museum 2022-05-16T16:36:11-04:00 Marina Tyquiengco kll78@pitt.edu <p><em>The Metabolic Museum</em> by&nbsp;Clémentine Deliss</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Marina Tyquiengco https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/327 how the light gets in 2022-05-16T16:36:11-04:00 Adriana Miramontes Olivas kll78@pitt.edu <p>how the light gets in</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Adriana Miramontes Olivas https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/328 Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa 2022-05-16T16:36:10-04:00 Jake Eisensmith kll78@pitt.edu <p class="AbstractText">Exhibition Schedule: The Block Museum, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, January 26–July 21, 2019; Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada, September 21, 2019–February 23, 2020; Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, TBD–TBD</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Jake Eisensmith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/329 Colored Plexiglass: Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation Gallery Inaugural Exhibition 2022-05-16T16:36:10-04:00 Paulina Pardo Gaviria kll78@pitt.edu <p class="AbstractText">Exhibition Schedule: Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, January 24 – September 1, 2020.</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Paulina Pardo Gaviria https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/330 Painting as a Modern Art in Early Renaissance Italy 2022-05-16T16:36:10-04:00 Christopher J. Nygren kll78@pitt.edu <p class="AbstractText">Robert Brennan, <em>Painting as a Modern Art in Early Renaissance Italy</em>. London: Harvey Miller, Renovatio Artium Series in the Arts of the Renaissance, 2019. 366 pp; 11 b/w ills. + 115 color ills., 1 b/w table. Hardcover &nbsp;€125</p> <p class="AbstractText">(9781912554003)</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Christopher J. Nygren https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/322 The Contingent Body 2022-05-16T16:36:12-04:00 Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti kll78@pitt.edu <p>The Contingent Body</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Katie L Loney; Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/323 Eight Views of the Sun Setting on the South Pacific 2022-05-16T16:36:12-04:00 Kio Griffith kll78@pitt.edu <p>Eight Views of the Sun Setting on the South Pacific</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Kio Griffith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/324 La Gente/The People 2022-05-16T16:36:12-04:00 Jonathan Christensen Caballero kll78@pitt.edu <p>La Gente/The People</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Jonathan Christensen Caballero https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/325 Address the Issue 2022-05-16T16:36:11-04:00 Joel Addison Fuller kll78@pitt.edu Seth Adam Cook kll78@pitt.edu <p>Address the Issue</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Seth Adam Cook, Joel Addison Fuller https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/316 Questionnaire 2022-05-16T16:36:15-04:00 Paula Kupfer kll78@pitt.edu Jacob Eisensmith kll78@pitt.edu <p>Introduction to the Questionnaire</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Paula Kupfer; Jacob Eisensmith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/317 Questionnaire 2022-05-16T16:36:14-04:00 Sahar Hosseini kll78@pitt.edu <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Sahar Hosseini https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/318 Questionnaire 2022-05-16T16:36:14-04:00 Mrinalini Rajagopalan kll78@pitt.edu <p class="AbstractText">Response to the questionnaire: “Stationary Women Moving Through the World: The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Calcutta, founded by Mrs. Pascoa Barretto de Souza, 1834”</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Mrinalini Rajagopalan https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/319 Questionnaire 2022-05-16T16:36:14-04:00 Lee Veeraraghavan kll78@pitt.edu <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Lee Veeraraghavan https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/320 Questionnaire 2022-05-16T16:36:13-04:00 Lindsey french kll78@pitt.edu <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2021-02-21T00:00:00-05:00 Copyright (c) 2021 Lindsey french